Akathikeerai Poriyal

Ingredients

• Akathikeerai - 1 cup
• Cooked Toor Dal - 2 tbsp
• Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
• Salt to Taste
• Sugar - a pinch

For Masala

• Parboiled Rice - 1 small cup
• GroundNut - 1 handfull
• Whole Red Chilli - 6

For Seasoning

• Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Urad Dal (Split) - 1 tsp
• Hing - 1/2 tsp
• Curry Leaves - 4
• Oil - 1 tsp

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Preparation

To make the *Masala- Dry roast the ingredients and coaresely grind.

• 1 small cup parboiled rice
• 1 handfull groundnuts
• 6 whole red chillies
• salt to taste

Procedure

Boil 1 glass of water in a kadhai and add the akathikeerai. Add the required salt and a pinch of sugar so that the leaves don't lose their color. After the leaves are cooked, strain them out.

• 1 cup akathikeerai

Using the same kadhai, heat some oil and add the seasoning ingredients one after another. Once they start to crackle, add the akathikeerai and the coarsely ground *masala. Keep the flame low.

• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp hing
• 4 curry leaves
• cooked akathikeerai
• *masala

Now add the toovar dal and the grated coconut. Check for salt.

• 2 tbsp toovar dal
• 2 tbsp grated coconut

The akathikeerai poriyal is ready to be served! Eat this delicious side dish with hot rice, sambhar & garlic rassam :)